Reducing Costs For Food and Beverage Manufacturers

Product quality requirements and increasing capacity constraints have led food and beverage manufacturers to consolidate plant operations and expand into global markets. Additionally, the challenges of meeting seasonal demands, obtaining carriers, and transporting large volumes can have a severe negative impact on freshness and quality if suppliers are improperly managed. These challenges, along with new product development costs to meet shifting consumer tastes and skyrocketing transportation and logistical costs require food and beverage manufacturers to examine their supply base to find savings while still maintaining product consistency.

We have specific experience with food and beverage manufacturers and companies across numerous industries. We’ve helped negotiate millions of dollars in cost savings for hundreds of direct and indirect spend categories while driving efficiency. Let our resources help you get the most value out of your supply chain.

With real-time market intelligence resources and subject-matter experts on staff, Source One adds unprecedented buying power and resources to a food and beverage manufacturers’ sourcing and procurement process. Source One understands the distinct needs and challenges faced by food and beverage manufacturers to properly manage and maintain suppliers. We will work with you to produce hard-dollar savings and improve operational efficiency all while ensuring product quality and consistency.

How can we do that?

We have the time and people power to collect and analyze category data

We’ve refined our own processes across a variety of industries in order to develop a truly best in class solution

We have access to information and market intelligence that is not available to internal sourcing groups

We work in tandem with internal stakeholders to develop an understanding of manufacturing production and delivery cycle needs

We don’t believe in one way of doing things. We customize our sourcing approach to meet the needs of each category and product line.

Manufacturing Supply Chain Solutions

Maintenance Repair and Operations
MRO, the stuff that keeps your food and beverage operations manufacturing at full capacity. It’s literally the nuts and bolts that make your operation run smoothly. MRO is also one of the most difficult spend categories to navigate and manage.Fortunately, Source One has helped dozens of companies navigate the challenges of thousands of SKUs across multiple locations, with multiple buyers. We can help you implement a proper MRO strategy that considers the unique needs of your shop floor, while providing the best possible price.

Full Knowledge Transfer

As a client of Source One, companies and their internal procurement staffs are completely immersed into our sourcing and procurement process.

We first understand our clients’ internal operations and then hone our proven process to fit their needs. We keep stakeholders and internal procurement personnel involved throughout our relationship with the client and ensure that they understand our process and all available opportunities we present to them.

18% Average Cost Savings

Across hundreds of indirect and direct categories, Source One averages 18% in hard-dollar cost savings.

Source One One is able to average 18% for its clients due to its massive repository of market intelligence, its refined best practices, and its collaborative process with clients. Our multiple decades-worth of market research and intelligence sources provides our clients with the leverage they need to reduce margins and meet cost reduction initiatives, without sacrificing quality.